what I did before prior to making a PDC. I just added my windows 98 login as a user to the samba file w/ the same password. then After the first time you loging into the share, windows remembers the password.
also make sure you have browseable = yes for the shares in smb.conf -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dave Lewis Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 9:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Samba Questions I'm trying to use a guest account for the open shares.... but I don't know how to add the account without a password. I was under the impression that if you had a guest account then you didn't need a password.. but I have not been able to successfully setup the guest account.. or at least I don't think I have... cuz nuting works :) Dave At 12:42 PM 5/20/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Did you add the user to a samba passwd file? > >should be the same username/password as logging into w98. Also set up samba >to use non-ecrypted passwords (erm I may have this backwards, someone >confirm/deny please). > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dave Lewis >Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 9:34 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Samba Questions > > >Hi.... I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with Samba.... here's my >issue.. > >Linux server and win98 client > >I would like to have 2 shares that are readable by everyone. >one of the two shares is writable by everyone and one is only writable by a >specific user. > >I believe I should be using the > >security = share > >option but nothing I seem to be doing works.. I keep getting one of 2 >errors on the windows machine > >enter password for //linuxbox/IPC$ >or >\\Linuxbox is not accessable >no permission to access resource. > >Can anyone give me some examples of what my smb.conf file should look like >and/or explain what I'm doing wrong ? > >Thanks, > >Dave > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Redhat-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > >_______________________________________________ >Redhat-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
